[Bella's POV]
I woke up to Charlie installing a home security system. The older members of the Pack were over helping. Walking down stairs in my sweats I watched the group run around the house adding locks to the windows, and alarms to every door in the house.
"Hey Bella! Emily's in the kitchen making breakfast. Make sure you eat before leaving for school okay." Sam called when he saw me.
"Okay thanks!" I waved while walking into the kitchen. Emily smiled at me and pushed me to the table.
"It's just pancakes I hope you don't mind."
"It smells great, Emily! Thank you."
I ate quickly before running to get ready for the day. I grabbed clothes from my closet at random. I took a quick shower, changed, and grabbed my school bag before heading back downstairs.
"Okay dad I'm heading to school!"
"Wait! I called Alice to have one of her brothers to pick you up for school. I don't want you driving alone right now, alright?"
"Oh okay. Did she say when they would be here?" There was a knock on the door right as I asked.
"I got it!" Sam called moving to the door. "Hey Jasper, right?"
"Yeah. Hello Sam, is Bella here? Alice told me that Chief Swan didn't want her driving alone."
"Yeah I'm coming Jasper! Bye dad!" I waved as I ran out the door. Jasper was waiting at the edge of the porch.
"Hey Bella. Ready to go to school?"
"Yeah!" Jasper took my bag while we walked to his car. He opened my door before moving to the other side of the car climbing in and tossing my bag in the back seat.
"How come your dad doesn't want you driving to school?"
"I'm not sure but I think it's because of the killer? He's been adding security to the house ever since the breakout happened."
"Makes sense. After all, his only daughter's life is on the line here."
"I know. I just wish he would talk to me, you know?"
"Not really. We make all big decisions as a family."
"Must be nice."
We pulled into the parking lot, and parked next to Edward's Volvo. The family was waiting for us. Em said something glaring at Edward making him leave as Jasper got our bags out of the back.
"Hey guys!"
"Hey Bella!"
"So did your hunk of junk finally break down?"
"No Rose. Charlie's just worried since the breakout."
"Damn. I was hoping for good news."
"Why do you hate my truck?"
"It's not that I hate it. I just wish you'd let me look at it. I worry about it breaking while you're driving alone." Now that she mentioned it that might be why Charlie didn't want to drive alone. As much as I loved the truck it was old.
"Alright you can look at this weekend while I'm at La Push. I told Jake I would hang out with him this Saturday."
"The mutt?"
"Yes. We've been friends since we were kids, and his attitude has been a lot better since he imprinted."
"Just be careful, and keep your cell on you."
"Of course sis. Now let's head to class okay."
We walked to my first period together. Rose waited in the classroom until the teacher got there before leaving to go to her class. I thought I saw Em standing across the hall when she left. I tried to listen to the teacher, but my mind kept wandering to how Charlie was acting. He changed the channel whenever I walked into the room, and was on his phone taking "work" calls all the time. Now he didn't want me going to school alone, why? Did he know more about the breakout? I'll have to talk to him after school.
"Ms. Swan?" I looked up at the sound of my name to see the classroom was empty. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, sir." I stood gathering my things and fleeing the room. Em was waiting outside the room. A silent knight.
"Are you really okay?"
"I don't know, Em. I think Charlie knows more about the breakout and isn't telling me." I sighed passing him my bag.
"I think Alice is the one you should talk to. I know she had a vision that made her panic." He draped his arm over my shoulders.
"Wait really?"
"Yeah. She was a mess after it. She spent all of yesterday ordering everything you might need to make a run for it if we needed to." He was leading us out to Jasper's car. My mind was getting foggy again.
"Do you think he's close?" My voice sounded weak even to my ear's.
"I don't know, Bella." I felt myself being pushed into a seat. I heard Em rustling around in my bag.
"There it is!" I looked over to see my phone in his hand. He was looking though it. After a moment he put it to his ear, but I couldn't focus on him. My mind seemed to be checking out today. I just kept thinking back to the fact that Charlie and Alice both seemed to be prepping for the worst.
"No, Jacob. It's Emmett. Yeah she's with me at school, but I think she's on the verge of a panic attack or something. Yeah that's what I was hoping you'd say. Yeah the car smells like one of us you should find it easily. No. I'm staying nearby. Yeah I'll move out of hearing range. Alright thanks I'll see you soon."
Em moved back to my side after putting my phone back in my bag. He knelt in front me so that we were eye level with each other. Taking my hands in his he looked into my eyes.
"Bella I just called Jacob, okay?" He waited for me to nod before going on. "He's on his way here to talk to you. I'll stay right here until he gets here, but then I'm going to leave you two alone, okay?" Again he waited until I nodded. "Alright good."
I'm not sure how long we waited for Jake to get there, but Em squeezed my hands and left me alone in the car. Panic filled my veins for a moment before Jake came into view.
"Hey, Bells! The leech said you needed help calming down."
"I think I'm fine. I just feel floaty is all. Like I can't focus on anything."
"Okay. Not gonna lie Bells that doesn't sound good. I can call Charlie and let him know your gonna come over to the Rez. I'm sure he won't mind if I tell him what's happening."
"No, I think I'll be fine. Plus I don't want to worry him. He's got a lot of work right now."
"Yeah, Bells I know that sounded like a question, but I'm calling Charlie. He made me promise to call him if you called me panicking, so I'm calling him." He pulled his phone out and called Charlie.
"Hey Charlie! Yeah I wanted to take her over to my place to calm down. Awesome thanks Charlie." Jake gave me a blinding smile.
"Charlie said I could steal you for the rest of the day! I do wish I had drove here rather than ran now." He looked around as if hoping to find an answer to his new problem.
"I've got that covered." Alice appeared out of thin air behind Jake causing him to jump about ten feet in the air. "Here's the keys to Jazz's car. He won't mind if you take it just be careful, alright. Oh, and Bella. Text one of us when you feel better okay. I promise I'll tell you what I saw later." Her voice was soft, and there was a small smile on her face as if she didn't want to worry me more than I was. Which was crazy. I'm fine.
I nodded reaching for the keys.
"No." Alice and Jake spoke together.
"Sorry Bella but you can't drive in this state. Here Jacob, be careful. Oh and it would make all of us feel better if you texted one of us when you got our baby sister somewhere safe." Jake nodded and Alice passed him the keys before headed back to the school.
"Okay. I guess we're taking your vamps ride then." Jake smiled hopping into the driver's seat.
"He's not my vamp." I pouted, crossing my arms.
"Uh huh. Sure he isn't. Do you want to go on about how unfair we all are on him because of his gift, or would you rather tell me about the books he likes to read?" I thought about smacking the smirk off his face, but I guess he had a point. I had been talking about Jasper a lot lately.
"Ugh, fine. Whatever." I watched trees pass the window before I saw a shop I knew. "Where are we going? I thought you said La Push?"
"We are going there. I just thought you'd like to make a stop on the way. Your older brother gave me his credit card before I met up with you. He thought if I was going to steal you from school I could at least take you out for food, so I thought we could go to Grace's cafe. Does that sound okay?"
"Yeah that sounds great, but why did Em give you his card?"
"Hell if I know. Maybe the pixie had something to do with it. I swear she thinks she runs the whole show."
"Yeah that sounds right. I can see why you might think she does." I shrugged. My mind wandered back to this morning. Why was the pack at my house? Sure Charlie knew I trusted Sam, but last he heard I was angry with the rest of the "cult".
"I can see you thinking, Bells." He was opening my door. I hadn't noticed us stopping. "What's on your mind?"
"Why was the pack at my house? I understand Sam, but last I talked with Charlie I was still mad at the other members." Jake's eyes grew wide. A nervous smile spread across his face as he helped me out of the truck.
"Oh uh, yeah, about that. Don't be mad! Brady didn't mean to!" Jake held his hands up in what might have been a calming manner. Brady?
"Okay. I won't be mad."
"Remember how Charlie came over to my place last weekend while you were with the Cullen's?" I nodded wondering where he was going with this. I lend against the hood of my truck. "Okay, great, so Brady came over, too. Dad wanted to see him because the other elders thought he might shift soon. He was just coming over to see what dad thought, and then I was going to take him right to Sam! But the Cullen's scent clings to you and has even rubbed off on Charlie." Jake paused trying to judge how I was handling everything.
"Okay I need a coffee, because I can see where this is going. Grace has been watching us through the window for a while now. She looks like she might come see what's going on if we don't hurry in." Jake twisted around to see his imprint. I could see the edge of a true smile as he reached back to grab my hand. I rolled my eyes as he pulled me along walking into the cafe. He went right to my normal table waving at the workers.
"Hey guys! Is everything okay?" Grace walked over her order pad in hand.
"Yeah everythings fine."
"Bells has a lot going on right now, and it's finally catching up to her, so I stole her for the day. She needs to relax." Jake answered, head resting on his hand.
"Oh! Do you want your normal coffee?"
"Yes please, and something sweet to go with it."
"Of course, Bella! Anything you for, handsome?" She smiled looking at Jake.
"Two burgers, one with the fixings on the side, please."
"You got it." She wrote everything down quickly.
"Are you still coming over to my house after your shift?"
"Yeah. That's still the plan, right?"
"Yeah just making sure." Nodded she left for the back.
"Okay, so back to what I was telling you." I held my hand up to stop him.
"Nope we wait for my coffee before you tell me just how Charlie found out about wolves." Jake blinked slowly before nodding and looking back over to Grace.
"Alright. Then did you think about you and Jasper?"
"I already told you even if I did like him it wouldn't work."
"Because of what Alice said right."
"Yes." I glared at him half heartedly as Grace walked over with our coffee.
"Here you go." She was looking between the two of us as if she wanted to ask something.
"Thank you, Grace. What is it you wanted to ask?"
"Oh, nothing really."
"Bells knows I turn into a wolf."
"You mean an overgrown pup?" I smiled sweetly. He glared at me.
"When do you find out?"
"Shortly after he first shifted. Hard to not notice your friend joining what he called a cult, and then being mad all of the time." I rolled my eyes glad he had grown up some in the last few weeks.
"I guess so. Okay so long as you're both safe." She smiled before heading back to work. I fixed my coffee the way I liked it before nodding to Jake.
"Alright, so as I was saying before someone made me stop. The Cullen's scent is on you so it's also on Charlie. Brady was at my house for maybe five minutes before he started shaking. I knew what was happening, so I tried to rush him outside into the woods, but Charlie was worried about the kid. He wouldn't let me get the kid out of the house, so he wound up shifting in front of Charlie. No one was hurt! But we did have to explain everything to Charlie. Don't worry we didn't tell him about the Cold One's."
"Then what did you tell him?"
"Just that there was a threat way back in our tribe's past that the pack had to handle. Dad was able to spin the breakout and Sam's roll in getting the guy locked up as the reason for the new pack being formed. However that also just made Charlie more worried about everything. Sorry about that by the way, but we couldn't just tell him the truth."
"That's fair. I don't know how I feel about Charlie knowing about the pack. On one hand it's one less thing to lie to him about, but on the other what if he starts to ask more questions? We'll need to get our stories straight. Should I expect to see the pack at my house more often?"
"Yeah. We told Charlie we would watch you. It's kinda how I have permission to take you to La Push now." He smiled, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Here's your food. I went ahead and put it in to-go boxes. You both look like you're ready to leave."
"Thanks, Grace, your right." Jake handed her a black card while taking the bag. She brought the card right back, and after a quick hug we left. Jake drove again this time to the pack house.
"Sam and Emily should both be here since it's Paul's turn on watch. If you want to meet him Brady might be here too."
"Sounds good." I followed along again.
"Hey! I've got Bella!" He sat the bags on the table before taking one and tossing it in the microwave for a minute. Sitting the plate back in front of me he gave me a hard look. Sighing I started eating as Sam walked in.
"Is everything alright?"
"Charlie upping the security really scared her. The buff one, Emmett I think, said he thinks it's just too much for her to handle right now. He told me that the Doc was worried about how she was coping with everything going on." I glared at Jake as he talked.
"Jacob, she is right behind you and I don't think she likes the fact you're acting like she's not."
"I'm still waiting for her to yell at me for letting Charlie find out about us."
"Ah. How about you go check on Brady? He's out back trying to get used to shifting forms." Sam lightly pushed Jake toward the back of the house. Looking back at me once he let himself be pushed out the door. Sam turned to watch me as I ate.
"Finish eating, because I'm sure you haven't been eating right, and then we'll go walk the beach while we talk." He walked into the living room leaving me to eat in peace. I relaxed. Talking to Sam was easy, and always made me feel better. Maybe I could work out why I was so out of sorts today.